The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-09
Met as Brothers.

as the clock in the tower of the Court
house last night sounded the first
stroke of II midnight, the stiffness
was broken by strains from bugle
of "Way Down upon the Swanee
River" Scarcely had its notes died
away when the members of the Phil
adelphia brigade and Pickett's diyi-
sion began the celebration of the
glorious Fourth.
This morning at 7 o'clock the men,
bers of Pickett's division proceeded
to the Court House, and were called
to order by Colonel Aylett. Some
one proposed that every member
present should give Is cents toward
paying the expense which Mrs
Pickett incurred on the visit. The
proposition was accepted with cheers,
and the way the money ratified on
the Secretary's desk was sufficient
proof of the esteem in which Mrs.
Pickett is held by the division.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the Philadelphia Brigade for the hos
pitable manner in which they had
treated them; the town authorities
for the way they had received them,
and all soldiers for their fraternal
greeting. The meeting then adj
journed, and outside of the building
they Joined the procession with the
Philadelphia Brigade. Fully one
hundred carriages were in line, which
wendell its way through the dust to
Shanler Lane. Into this they turned
and proceeded past the farm house to
the rising ground beyond. Here all
alighted and then the word went
round that Mrs. Pickett was going to
hold reception on the very ground
over which her husbands command
had charged and within few yards
of the woods under whose cover he
twenty years before had formed his
division. The Pickett men were first
formed in line, and one by one they
advanced and were introduced to the
wife of their old comman der by
name. stating their regiment and
rank. She had word for all and all
had WORD for her. The Philadelphia
brigade was next presented. Her son
George stood at her side, and when
she dropped a hand it was at once
grabbed by him.
The procession then wound its way
through the battle field. down by the
Baltimore pike, over which the
Union troops retreated after the
bloody struggle of the first day.
Mrs. Pickett was the centre of attrac.
ton. She had gathered some daisies
and clover heads. A member of the
brigade asked her for few. She gave
them with smile, and one by one
they we're given away. to be treasur-
ed as mementoes. Her autograph
was eagerly sought and she refused
no one.
This evening religious service
was held. Rev. j. X. Demorest was
asked to speak before the gathering
of Pickett's men mainly in the Court
House. He spoke to them on the
subject of the day, how much the
liberty and brotherly feeling of our
land should endear it to all citizens.
This evening Mrs. Pickett held a
reception at the Pickett division
headquarters. After the reception
she was serenaded by the G. A. r.
band. The Pickett men then adj
journed to the Garden House where
the Sixty-nlnth Pennsylvania men
were holding forth, Speech. making
and toast offerings were then the Or
der until late in the night. Cowan's
battery and the Wheeler Rifles de-
parted at 8 o'clock this evening, and
some of the Philadelphia brigade
also left for their homes. The Pickett
division will leave at o'clock in the
morning.